New Orleans, Louisiana
The Tree of Life
This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.
New York, New York
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
Las Vegas, Nevada
James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.
Elbasan County, Albania
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.
Ibsheway, Egypt
Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.
Truro, England
Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.
Kronshtadt, Russia
Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.
New York, New York
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Washington, D.C.
The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.
Lima, Peru
Tucked behind the Institute of Neurological Science down a decrepit street resides the largest display of human brains in Latin America.
Ninacaca, Peru
A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.
Provincia de Bongará, Peru
The world's fifth tallest waterfall is a spectacular silver chute of water that cuts through the cloud forest in northern Peru.
Alexandria, Egypt
An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.
Lyon, France
Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.
Landers, California
A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.
Amarillo, Texas
A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.
Nervesa della Battaglia, Italy
Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.
General Levalle, Argentina
Guitar made of trees, dedicated to a man's lost love.
Otsuchi, Japan
A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.
Oslo, Norway
One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."
Clintonville, Wisconsin
A 100-year-old chair with joints "cemented by nature."
Datong, China
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.